Office Information

Information for Treatment Providers

The Prescription
Monitoring Program is an intervention and prevention tool in patient
care. When a prescriber obtains a report and finds reason to believe
a patient has a substance abuse problem they may refer that patient on
to a treatment facility.

Because of the program's design and intent,
treatment providers will likely see more referrals from practitioners
as patients are confronted with their problem and directed towards the
help they need. So if a new client comes in and mentions "being on a
list" or "my doctor got a report on me" you can assume the client exceeded
one of the thresholds or their prescriber chose to monitor them with
the program.

Treatment Medical Staff (prescribers) may
also access the PMP data as a way to monitor their clients to make sure
they are not obtaining prescriptions from other doctors. However, at
this time there are certain criteria that impact how prescribers in a
treatment setting can access PMP information.The paragraph below outlines
those criteria.

Treatment Medical Staff (Prescriber) Access

Treatment Medical Staff (prescribers) do have access
to Prescription Monitoring Program data. However, treatment facilities
are subject to Federal Regulation 42 CFR which prohibits certain disclosures
of protected health information. This means that prescribers who want
information on a treatment patient they serve would need to fall into
one of the following situations to comply with 42 CFR.

Obtain written consent from the patient authorizing
the prescriber to use the PMP for monitoring.

If the prescriber has another medical place of business
not associated with the treatment facility (where they work) they can
access information from that address to ensure patient confidentiality
in regards to being in a treatment program.

Or, the prescriber works at a treatment facility that
is part of a larger organization that is not treatment affiliated,
the prescriber can register under the name and address of the larger
organization (example: a medical staff person at a treatment agency
that is part of a hospital registers under the larger, overaching hospital,
not under the treatment program name).

For additional prescriber information such as brochures
and a privacy guide please visit our Prescriber
Page.